Informal traders in Mpumalanga are calling onthat make it difficult for them to trade. This is after the Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development and Tourism in conjunction with the national Department of Small Business Development held an Informal Economy Indaba in Middelburg.
As a result, the number of informal traders is growing in some parts of the country. Others often find themselves on the wrong side of the law due to strict by-laws. “I started the internet cafe as soon as the end of my contract at work because it was a fixed-term contract. When it ended I decided that I cannot just stay at home and I must open a business while I’m looking for a job. The problem currently is that we have got places that we want to occupy but when we apply to the municipality we are told that those places are full. But those places just have grass and it is not attended to and that is the challenge.
“We would like the MEC to assist us to make sure that our organisations are recognised because at the end of the day we are the basis on which the communities are expected to get assistance. You will find that the municipality is not acknowledging our efforts as a movement for our people. We would like the MEC to engage with SEDA and SEFA to make sure that there are ways in which the process of funding is fast-tracked.
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